Did Fandom buy Gamepedia?

It was founded on December 14, 2012 by Curse, Inc. and was purchased by Fandom on December 12, 2018. Gamepedia was slowly merged into the Fandom platform ending in early 2021, with all Gamepedia wikis on Fandom's Unified Community Platform and fandom.com domain. Wikis can no longer be created on the plaform.
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What happened to Gamepedia?

By mid-2021, Gamepedia wikis migrated and the Gamepedia brand was retired in favor of Fandom's one.
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What companies does Fandom own?

The company also owns several entertainment outlets such as GameSpot and TV Guide, multimedia databases such as GameFAQs, Metacritic and ComicVine, as well as online retailers such as Fanatical.
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What's the difference between Gamepedia and Fandom?

Fandom and Gamepedia's underlying codebase were fundamentally different from each other. Fandom used a 7 year old version of MediaWiki (1.19) with heavy changes from the original software, while Gamepedia used version 1.31 with a very different look and feel to it.
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Did GameSpot buy GameFAQs?

Two key features of the site—the game search engine and the contributor recognition pages—were planned at this time. On February 6, 2018, the site changed its domain from gamefaqs.com to gamefaqs.gamespot.com, due to CNET (owner of GameSpot) acquiring GameFAQs, and integrating GameFAQs into the GameSpot network.
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Did Jeff Grubb leave the giant bomb?

Yesterday, May 1, producer and host Jeff Grubb announced on BlueSky that he's no longer with Giant Bomb. "Well, that was a dream come true. Knew it wouldn't last, though. Out of a job at the moment."
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Is Bioware still owned by EA?

It was founded in 1995 by newly graduated medical doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk and Augustine Yip. Since 2007, the company has been owned by American publisher Electronic Arts.
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Who owns Gamepedia?

It was founded on December 14, 2012 by Curse, Inc. and was purchased by Fandom on December 12, 2018. Gamepedia was slowly merged into the Fandom platform ending in early 2021, with all Gamepedia wikis on Fandom's Unified Community Platform and fandom.com domain.
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Who is the No. 1 Fandom?

The top 10 biggest fandoms in the world are:
  • Marvel Cinematic Universe.
  • Harry Potter.
  • Star Wars.
  • Game of Thrones.
  • The Lord of the Rings.
  • BTS.
  • Pokemon.
  • Naruto.
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Why did Fandom close my wiki?

Wikis on Fandom are rarely closed. They belong to the Fandom community and generally stay open for everyone to use. However, there are some reasons why a wiki is closed. The wiki's content or intention violated Fandom's Terms of Use or the Community Creation Policy.
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Does fandom own Metacritic?

Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999, and was acquired by Fandom, Inc. in 2022. Metacritic turns each critic and user review into a respective percentage score.
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Is fandom trustworthy?

Fandom is generally considered a safe platform for browsing and engaging with content related to your favorite media and entertainment franchises. However, it features ads that may be malicious. Some internet users have reported that clicking on ads on Fandom has brought them to shady sites.
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Who has the two biggest fandoms in the world?

Q. Which is the 2nd biggest fandom in the world? A. The 2nd biggest fandom in the world is Star Wars.
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Who is world no. 1 gaming YouTuber?

PewDiePie, originally called Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, is a Swedish gaming YouTuber best known for his let's play videos, vlogs, comedy shorts, and formatted shows.
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Does Minecraft actually have 4815162342 lines of code?

This is not true and originates from splash text on the game's title screen, which occasionally shows the message “4815162342 lines of code!” This is actually a reference to the TV series “Lost” and has nothing to do with the actual number of lines of code in Minecraft.
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Who has 4.8 billion fans?

Michael jackson had 4.8 billion fans, when the population of the world was more than 5 billion.
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What is "shipping" in fandoms?

Shipping (derived from the word relationship) is the desire by followers of a fandom for two or more individuals, either real-life people or fictional characters (in film, literature, television series, etc.), to be in a relationship.
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Is anime bigger than BTS?

How Popular Is Anime These Days? According to Gen Z, It's Now Bigger Than BTS and Pedro Pascal - IMDb. It's no secret that anime's popularity is exploding, but what may come as a surprise is the fact that anime is now more popular among Gen Z than some absolute juggernauts, such as BTS.
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Who owns 40% of Fortnite?

The company, founded by billionaire Tim Sweeney in his parents' basement in 1991, was valued in the investment at $15 billion, a person familiar with the matter said at the time. Sweeney sold 40% of the company to Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. in 2012. Other minority owners include Walt Disney Co.
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Is zzz owned by HoYoverse?

Zenless Zone Zero is a free-to-play action role-playing game developed and published by miHoYo. It was released outside mainland China by HoYoverse.
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Who bought CurseForge?

So Twitch sold curseforge to Overwolf.
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Did Xbox lose 300 million dollars?

Xbox lost over $300 million in Call of Duty sales in 2024 by adding Black Ops 6 to Xbox Game Pass according to Bloomberg.
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Who was fired from BioWare?

Additionally, BioWare Producer Jennifer Cheverie Cott, Associate Game Producer Daniel Steed, Senior Product Manager Lina Anderson, Project Manage Madolin Bee, and Senior Systems Designer Michelle Flamm were also let go, while Senior Writer Sheryl Chee – who wrote Dragon Age's Leliana, Isabela, Blackwall, and Harding – ...
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Is EA 20 billion in debt?

The financial structure of EA's acquisition reveals these predatory mechanics at their largest scale to date. The consortium will contribute approximately $36 billion in equity while saddling EA with $20 billion in debt financing from JPMorgan. That is more than two and a half times EA's revenue in 2025.
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